IT'S TIME TO TROUBLE YOUR TROUBLE

IT'S TIME TO TROUBLE YOUR TROUBLE

2 Sam 5:1-7

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke, saying, “Indeed we are your bone and your flesh. 2 Also, in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the Lord said to you, ‘You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over Israel.’ ” 3 Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel…6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, “You shall not come in here; but the blind and the lame will repel you,” thinking, “David cannot come in here.” 7 Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion (that is, the City of David).

Joshua 15:63

63 As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

FIVE STAGES TO DESTINY

1. Bethlehem – Tested and found faithful in small things

2. Gibeah – Tested by early promotion

3. Adullam – tested with hardship and difficulty

4. Hebron – Partial fulfillment, friendship

5. Zion – Complete fulfillment of promise

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Joshua 15:63

63 As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not
drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

Psalm 48:1-2

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised In the city of our God, In His holy mountain. Beautiful for situations, The joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, The city of the great King.

Psalm 50:2-3

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God will shine forth.

Psalm 125:1-3

Those who trust in the Lord Are like Mount Zion, Which cannot be moved, but abides

forever.